Film and Video Circulation Policies
Loan Periods
The amount of time different Duke users can borrow films varies by your status.
Undergraduate Student
- 3 days for DVD/VHS titles with a one-time online renewal
- 3 hours for reserve and limited circulation materials (building use only)
- Limit of 3 DVD/VHS titles plus 1 devilDVD title at one time
- After a DVD/VHS title has been returned there is a 24-hour waiting period before it can be checked out again
Graduate Student
- 3 days for DVD/VHS titles with a one-time online renewal
- 3 hours for reserve and limited circulation materials (building use only)
- Limit of 3 DVD/VHS titles plus 1 devilDVD title at one time
- Extended privileges are available; ask at the Lilly desk how to receive faculty borrowing privileges
- After a DVD/VHS title has been returned there is a 24-hour waiting period before it can be checked out again
Faculty
- 3 days for DVD/VHS titles with a one-time online renewal
- Reserve material may be checked out for classroom showings; please use this form.
- Limit of 3 DVD/VHS titles plus 1 devilDVD title at one time (unless working on course syllabus)
- After a DVD/VHS title has been returned there is a 24-hour waiting period before it can be checked out again
Staff
- 3 days for DVD/VHS titles with a one-time online renewal
- 3 hours for reserve and yellow-box materials (building use only)
- Limit of 3 DVD/VHS titles plus 1 devilDVD title at one time
- After a DVD/VHS title has been returned there is a 24-hour waiting period before it can be checked out again
Outside Borrowers
- All video titles may be viewed in Lilly Library
- Viewing stations and headphones are available within the building, for your use, in exchange for a photo i.d.
Returns and Fines
Video Returns
- Please return all videos/dvds to Lilly Library; a drop-slot is available when the building is closed
- To limit damage, waiting periods for other patrons and to avoid fines, please do not return videos to other libraries or send them in campus mail
Fines
- $5.00 per day per title
- Damaged or lost videos will result in a non-refundable $25 processing fee, late fee and replacement fee (replacement fee is determined on a title-by-title basis)
Reserves and Limited Circulation
Reserve Videos
- For faculty who assign their students films to watch outside of class it is strongly recommended to place titles on reserve
- Reserve videos do not circulate outside the building, except by special arrangement using our classroom showing request form and after approval from faculty for whom a title has been placed on reserve
- Reserve videos are checked out to patrons for 3 hours and viewed in the library.
Limited Circulation Videos
- Video/DVDs that are frequently used in classes, out-of-print or cost over $200 may be designated as Limited Circulation
- Limited circulation videos may be viewed in the building and circulate outside the building by special arrangement using our classroom showing request form
- Videos in yellow boxes have limited circulation status; most users can check them out for 3 hours to view inside the library
Summer Program Participants
American Dance Festival
- ADF students may view VHS/DVD titles for 3 hours inside the library; MFA students have faculty borrowing privileges
- ADF faculty have standard faculty and staff borrowing times and restrictions (see above)
TIP
- TIP students may view VHS/DVD titles for 3 hours inside the library
- TIP faculty and staff have standard faculty and staff borrowing times and restrictions (see above)
Young Writer's Camp
- YWC students are not eligible to borrow videos
- YWC faculty and staff have borrowing privileges equivalent to their current borrowing status; see above.
Last modified August 21, 2012 3:02:52 PM EDT